Invoice sheet



Dec. 30, 1924.

w. A. KELLY INVOICE SHEET Filed Sept. '7, 1922 BILL t e N .1. E .w D s Sm 6 A w. K r. E m w c., P e .t a D l l v I u 1 l i A #fa/wey PatentedDee. 3i), 1924.

UN STATES WLLIAI/I'AS-ILEY KELLY, OF JERSEY CTY, NEW' JERSEY,ASSXGNO'RTO UNDERWOOD TYPEW'BJTER COMPANY, GF NEVI YORK, N. Y.,CORPORATION OFDELALVARE..

INVOCE SHEET.'

Application filed September '7, 1922.

To ZZ whom t may concern.'

Be it known that l, WTILLIAM ASHLEY KELLY, a citizen `of the UnitedStates,` residing in Jersey City, in the county of Hudson and State otNew Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in invoiceSheets, ot which the following is a-speciication.

rihs invention relates to a novel multiple-part entry-sheet, and itsobjects are symmetry of appearance, facility and convenience in use, andeconomy of paper. The novel entry-sheet may comprise a billpart havingdetachahly joined thereto, along lines of Jfolding, a stub-part and arecord-part, in such manner that these three joined parts produce asymmetrical rectangular entry-sheet, all ot' the parts of theentry-sheet-being t'oldable along said lines into superimposed relation,so that, by means of interleaved carbon-sheets, all ot the superimposedparts of said sheet may he typed at. the same-time and afterwardsseparated along said lines of folding. Each ot said sheet-parts may havethereon a.` form comprising suitable item-designations to be broughtinto alignment when the entry-sheet is folded for typing, so that thetems typed upon the superimposed portions ot the sheet-parts will appearunder the proper item-designations on each of the parts ot' theentrysheet.

After the entry-sheet has been thus typed in its Vfolded condition, theledger-sheet or record-part can be detached and kept in the oce, whilethe bill-partwith its attached stub is sentl to the customer, whodetachee the stub-part from the bill-part, keeping the bill-part andreturning the vstub-part with his check.

Other 'features and advantages will hereinafter appear.

in the accompanying drawings,

Figure l is a plan view of one of the entry-sheets in flat condition,and shows the side thereot1 which bears the form or itemdesignations forthe bill-part of the entrysheet.

Figure is a perspective View, showing one way ot folding the entry-sheetto bring the three parts into superimposed relation, and shows thebill-part at the iront, the ledger-sheet or record-part at the back, andthe stub-part interposed between the bill-part and the record-part.

erial No. 585,581.

Figure 3 is a siinilaifview, showing an; other way ot'folding theentry-sheet, and shows the ledger-sheet or record-part at the front,Ithev bill-part ati the bael, and the stub-part the billf-part .and therecordepart, and also further shows, in brokenv lines, the stub-part as`folded over at the back of the bill-part, `to illustrate yet anotherwayoi" folding the sheets rEhe entry-sheet=con1prises `abili-part l,

which .may be a statement or invoice, a:

stub-part Q on lthe'bill-part, and-afrecord part Yor `ledger-'sheet Thestub-partis shown at the right side'ot thebill-part-l, and is detachablyjoined or conneetedftherewith along'a .vertical line of folding 4, inLdicated in thefdrawings as a linef of perorations. rThe stub-part 2 isof the'same length, but is shown as ot' less width than the bilLpart 1.The lower=or bottom-edge ot' the bill-part l and theadjacent yportionsor the lower edge ot the record-part Sare detachably joined or:connected together along a transverse line of folding 5, indicated inthe drawingsas a line of perforations.

In the forni. ot'the'invention shown in ,the drawings, tie'billspart land: the recordpart 3 arel of the same length, butl the record-part 3 isot' greater' width than the bill-part l, so as to entend or-1projectbeyond-the right side ot the bill-parti, this projecting portion ot therecord-part 3 being coterminous w-itlry but-unconnected to the adjacentlower end ot thestubepart 2, so that when lthe entry-sheet is flat, asshown, the record-part 3 will be equal. in width to the combined-widthsot' ythe billpart l and its stub-part :2. The lower edge ot thestub-part 2 isscparated from the adjacent upper edge ot the right-handend portion or extension ot the ledger-sheet 3, by means of a cut orslit,l indicated in Figure l at 6.

Upon each of the sheetparts atthc top thereof there is an identifyingdesignation shown in the drawings as Bill7 lon the billepart l, Stub onthe stub-part 2, and Ledger-sheet on the record-part 3.' Each of thesheet-parts alsoV bearsA on its front or tace item-designations arrangedtran:- versely in coliunns, each column beingfprd vided with a properheading.l nthe entryshown in the drawings, the bill-part interposed lbetweenl is provided with seven item-designations for correspondingitem-receiving columns, while the stub-part 2, which is of less widththan the bill-part 1, is provided with only three item-receiving columnsand columndesignations which correspond to the last. three columns andcolumn-designations on the bill-part 1.

The record-part or ledger-sheet 3 is provided with the sameitem-receiving columns and item-designations similarly arranged fromleft to right in reference to the billpart 1, and also corresponding atthe right to the item-receiving columns and columndesignations on thestub-part 2. The record-sheet or ledger-sheet 3 is further provided,upon the extension at the right side thereof, with four additionalcolumn-designations and columns to receive additional data which is toappear upon the ledgerlsheet or record-part 3, but not upon thebill-part l nor upon the stub-part 2. 1f desired, this additional data,which is to appear on the record-part or ledger-sheet 3 only, may betyped thereon at the saine time that the entry-sheet is typed in foldedcondition, or these additional items may be filled in upon theledger-sheet at a later date. It will be noted that the stub-part 2 willcontain information corresponding only to a part of the informationwhich is typed upon the bill-part 1 and the recordpart 3.

`1t is to be noted that the columns and column-designations oritem-designations on the bill-part l are upon one side of theentry-sheet, while the column and columndesignations oritem-designations for the .stub-part 2 and for the record-part 3 areupon the other side of the entry-sheet. 1t is also to be noted that thecolumns and column-designations on the stub-part 2 are in transverse'alignment with the columns and column-designations on the bill-part 1,and' that the columns and column-designations on the stub-part 2terminate at. the same distance from the vertical line of perforations4, as do the columns and columndesignations on the bill-part 1, so that,when the stub-part 2 is folded upon the bill-part il, in eitherdirection, along the perforated line 4, the columns andcolumn-designations on the stub-part will be brought into register withthe corresponding columns and column-designations on the bill-part l,.as indicated in Figures 2 and 3. 1t is to be further noted that theitem-receiving col.- umns and column-designations on the billpart 1 arein vertical alignment with the corresponding columns andcolumn-designations' on the record-part or ledger-sheet 3, and that thecolumn-designations on each of these sheet-parts are arranged at thesame distance from the tops or upper edges thereof, so that,-when therecord-part 3 is folded,

in either direction, upon the bill-part i. along the transverseperforated line 5, as indicated in Figures 2 and 3, the columns andcolumn-designations on the bill-part 1 will be brought into correctregister with the correspondingcolumns and column-designations on therecord-part or ledger-sheet. 3, and, also, at the same time, obviously,the columns and column-designations on the folded stub-part 2 will bebrought. into register with the corresponding columns andcolumn-designations on the record-partor ledger-sheet 3, in thefolded'conditio-n of the entry-sheet,

When the three sheet-parts are to be folded into super-imposed relationfor typing the folded entry-sheet, this folding may be done convenientlyby lirst folding the stub-part 2 either forwardly, as in Figure 3, orbackwardly, as in Figure 2, and, as indicated in broken lines in Figure3, upon the bill-part l, and then, by folding the record-part orledger-sheet 3 either forwardly, as in Figure 3, or backwardly, as `inFigure 2, into superimposed relation with the bill-part 1 and foldedstub-part 2. W lien the entry-sheet is typed in its folded condition,all the items typed directly upon either the bill-part l, as in Figure2, or upon. the record-part 3, as in Figure 3, will be reproduced uponthe other of these two sheet-parts, and such items as are typed withinthe Zone of the stub-part 2 will be reproduced upon that also,

The factthat, in any method of folding, the right-hand sidev extensionof the ledger-sheet 3, together with the columndesignations thereon,lies entirely at the outside of the vertical line of folding l betweenthe bill-part 1 and its stub-part 2, will enable, while the folded sheetis still in the machine, the typing of any desired additional items onthe record-part 3, which it is desired shall not appear upon thebill-part 1 nor upon the stub-part 2.

T he entry-sheet of the present invention y is economical of paper byreason Aof hav-v ing no portions cut away and no projecting portions,and also by reason of having therein no large blank or unused spaces.rl`he entry-sheet of the present invention is not only of symmetricalshape as a Whole, but it also remains in syunmetrioal shape after thedetachment therefrom, in proper successiif'e order, of each of thedetachable sheet-parts. Ordinarily, after typing, first the ledger-sheet3 will be detached from the bill 1 along the transverse line oferforations 5, leaving the 'bill 1 and stu 2 attached and formingtogether a sheet of symmetrical form. The ledger-sheet 3 will then betiled in the oflioe, being provided for this purpose with a pair oflarge holes T in its upper margin.L `The attached billk l and its stub2` would then be sent to the customer, who Would tear ofl1J the stubalong the .vertical line of perforations and would retain the stub,containing the iteins of interest to hiin, and7 accompanied by hischeck, would return the hill l, all the items of which have beenduplicated on the ledger-sheet- S, which had been retained as a recordin the office;

ln mal-:ing out successively a nurnber of sinall bills, each containingonly one line7 or possibly two lines of Writing, such as gas bills orelectric bills7 of which an example of the latter is shown in thedrawings, the use of the multiple-part entry-sheet of the presentinvention a great convenience and saves niuch time.

T his invention-is in the nature of an iinprovenient upon the featuresdisclosed in the application of ,lohn A. lllherry, Serial No. 557,873,filed May 2, 1922.

Variations inay he resorted to Within the scope of the inventionT andportions of the improvements may be used Without others.

Having thus described n'iy invention, l. claim:

l. ifi multiple-part entry-sheet of syininetrical substantiallyrect-angular shape comprising a bill-part having suitableitenidesignations thereon7 a lat-eral stub-part of the saine length asthe bill-part and having one of its sides detac-hably join along avertical line of folding to one of tne sides of the bill-part, and arecord-part, having item-designations thereon corresponding with theitem-designations on the hill-part, detachably joined along a transverseline of folding to the corresponding end of the bill-part throughouttheWidth of the latter, and having` an extension coterininous with butunconnected to the adjacent end of the stub-part, so that When theentry-sheet is flat the recordpart will be equal in width to thecombined Widths of the bill-part and stub-part, the stub-part beingfoldable along said vertical line of folding into superimposed relationwith the bill-part, and the record-partbeing foldable along saidtransverse line of folding into superimposed relation With the bill-partand the folded stub-part, but with said extension of the rec-ord-il'iartprojecting beyond the folded stub-part, so that all of said sheet-partsmay be typed at the saine time in their folded condition to reproducecorresponding items upon their superinzposed portions, and so thatsubseqnentlj.VY the record-part and the stub-part may be separatelydetached from the bill-part along said lines of folding.

A multiple-part entry-sheet of symmetrical substantially rectanguh`snape comprising a bill-part having suitable itenidesignations thereon.a lateral. stub-part of the saine length as the bill-part and having oneof its sides detachably joined along a vertical line of folding to oneof the sidesofv the bill-part and having item-designations: thereoncorresponding to the itein-desigiiae tions on the bill-part and 1nlateral. aligninuit therevfith but on the opposite sideotl l, le'entry-sneet and in laterally reversed rel: 'ion when the entry-sheet isflat, and a record-part detachably joined. along a transverse line offolding to the corresponding end oi the bill-part and having anextension beyond the bill-part cotern'iinous with but unconnected to theadjacent end of the stubpart, so that when the entry-sheet is `flat rtherecord-part will be equal in width to they combined Widths of thebill-part and'stub-' along said transverse line of folding to bring theitem-designations thereon corresponding to those on the bill-part intoregister therewith and also into register with the correspondingnena-designations on the stub-part, but with the item-designatingextension of the record-part projecting beyond the folded stub-part. sothat When the entry-sheet is typed in its folded condition all of theregistering items will appear upon the respective superimposedsheet-parts.l and so that subsequently the reeordpart and stub-part maybe separately detached froin the bill-part along said lines of folding.

8. il multiple-part entry-sheet of s vinnietrical substantiallyrectangular' shape comprising av bill-part having a. series oftransversely arranged item designations thereon, a stub-part at theright side of the bill-part of the saine length as the bill-part anddetachably joined therewith along a vertical line of folding, thestub-part being of a width to have thereon a transverse series ofitem-designations corresponding to a desired number of theitem-designations at the right side of the bill-part, and when theentry-sheet is flat the item-designations on the stub-part being intransverse alignnient with but on the other side of the entry-sheet andin laterally reversed relation to the corresponding item-designations onthe bill-part, the item-designations on the stub-part being brought intoregister with the corresponding item-designations on the bill-part whenthe stub-part is folded along said vertical line into superimposedrelation with the bill-part, and a record-part of the saine length asthe bill-part detachably joined at its bottom to the bottom of thebill-part along a transverse line of folding, and having an extensionprojecting beyond the bill-part ooterniinous with but uneonnested ltothe adjacent bottom end of the stub-part, so that when the entry-sheetis Hat the record-part Will equal the combined Widths of the bill-partand the stub-part, the record-part having thereon a transverse series ofitem-designations,corresponding to the item-designations on thebill-part, but on the opposite side of the entry-sheet and verticallyreversed when the entry-sheet is flat, the record-part also having onits said 'extension' additional item-designations forming an extensionof said transverse series, the item-designations on the record-partbeing brought into alignment with the correspending item designations onthe bill-part and folded stub-part when the record-part is folded alongsaid transverse. line into superimposed relation with the bill-part andfolded stub-part, the item-designating extension on the record-partprojecting beyond the folded stub-part, so that said entry-sheet may betyped in its folded condition, thereby to type corresponding items uponthe superimposed sheet-parts, and so that after suoli typing therecord-part and stub-part may be separately detached from the bill-partalong said lines of folding.

VILLIAM ASHLEY KELLY. Witnesses:

MARION R. MCCAEFREY, JENNIE P. THORNE.

